Chapter 4

BIOS Setup Description

Boot Device Priority

Feature

Options

Description

Boot Priority Selection

Device Based

Select between device and type based boot priority

 

Type Based

lists. The “Device Based” boot priority list allows

 

you to select from a list of currently detected devices

 

 

 

 

only. The “Type Based” boot priority list allows you

 

 

to select device types, even if a respective device is

 

 

not yet present. Moreover, the “Device Based” boot

 

 

priority list might change dynamically in cases when

 

 

devices are physically removed or added to the

 

 

system. The “Type Based” boot menu is static and

 

 

can only be changed by the user.

 

 

 

1st, 2nd, 3rd, ...

Disabled

This view is only available when in the default “Type

Boot Device

Primary Master

Based” mode.

 

(Up to 12 boot devices

Primary Slave

When in “Device Based” mode you will only see the

 

can be prioritized if

Secondary Master

devices that are currently connected to the system.

device based priority

 

Secondary Slave

The default boot priority is Removables 1st, ATAPI

list control is selected.

 

CDROM 2nd, Hard Disk 3rd, BEV 4th (BEV = Boot

If “Type Based”

Legacy Floppy

Entry Vector, e.g. Network or SCSI Option-ROMs).

priority list control is

USB Harddisk

 

enabled only 8 boot

 

 

 

devices can be

USB CDROM

 

prioritized.)

USB Removable Dev.

 

 

 

 

Onboard LAN

 

 

External LAN

 

 

PCI Mass Storage

 

 

PCI SCSI Card

 

 

Any PCI BEV Device

 

 

Third Master

 

 

Third Slave

 

 

PCI RAID

 

 

 

 

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Reference Manual

COM 830

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Ampro Corporation COM 830 manual Boot Device Priority, USB Cdrom, Pci Raid